TY - JOUR
KW - bereavement
KW - caregivers
KW - Dementia
KW - Emotional distress
KW - emotional state
KW - patient death
AU - Ana T. Piccini
AU - Mónica Bernaldo de Quirós
AU - María Crespo
AB - In recent years it has been consistently found that caregivers of relatives with dementia suffer health problems and emotional distress during the caregiving period. However, most studies have focused en this stage, paying scarce attention to the impact of the patient s death on their caregivers and to the emotional process from this moment. We present a systematic review of studies that assess the emotional state and grief in relatives of people with dementia after the death of the patient. Results support the relief hypothesis, given the fact that the caregivers  depressive symptoms decreased after the patient s death. However, some caregivers developed a complicated grief associated with certain characteristics (lower education, lower income, depressive and anxiety symptoms, psychotropic use, burden, and perception of positive aspects of caring). Data show the convenience of applying programs focused on teaching caregivers skills to cope with the loss of the loved one.
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal article
N2 - In recent years it has been consistently found that caregivers of relatives with dementia suffer health problems and emotional distress during the caregiving period. However, most studies have focused en this stage, paying scarce attention to the impact of the patient s death on their caregivers and to the emotional process from this moment. We present a systematic review of studies that assess the emotional state and grief in relatives of people with dementia after the death of the patient. Results support the relief hypothesis, given the fact that the caregivers  depressive symptoms decreased after the patient s death. However, some caregivers developed a complicated grief associated with certain characteristics (lower education, lower income, depressive and anxiety symptoms, psychotropic use, burden, and perception of positive aspects of caring). Data show the convenience of applying programs focused on teaching caregivers skills to cope with the loss of the loved one.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2012
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 103
EP - 117
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Emotional state and bereavement in relatives of people with dementia after the death of the patient: A systematic review
VL - 18
ER -